1746 English cricket season
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The ‘45 Rebellion was effectively over by the time the 1746 English cricket season got under way, the Battle of Culloden having been fought on Wed 16 April.
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[edit] Matches
| Date | Match Title | Venue | Source | Result |
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| 12 May (M) | Bromley v Addington | Bromley Common | WCS | Addington won |
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Addington won "with great difficulty": On Monday next they play their second match at Mr Smith’s, Pyd-Horse (a reference to the pub adjacent to the Artillery Ground). |
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| 19 May (M) | Addington v Bromley | Artillery Ground | ASW | result unknown |
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This is the return match referred to above. The notice is in ASW but no match details were reported. In WCS, the date is given as 26 May but that is incorrect. |
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| 9 June (M) | Addington & Lingfield v Surrey & London | Artillery Ground | FL18 | A&L won |
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A Kent man assisted Surrey & London as a given man. The match was reported in the General London Evening Mercury as "Middlesex v Surrey" but the above title seems to be more accurate. Addington & Lingfield (aka Middlesex) won by a considerable number of notches. |
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| 23 June (M) | Kent v Surrey | Artillery Ground | WDC | result unknown |
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The Kent team consisted entirely of players from Bromley, Bexley and Eltham. |
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| 2 July (W) | London v Westminster | Artillery Ground | ASW | result unknown |
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No information is known. |
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| 7 July (M) | Kent & Surrey v Addington & Bromley | Duppas Hill, Croydon | ASW | Kent & Surrey won by 4 runs |
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The crowd was reported as nearly ten thousand. Kipps of Eltham, the well-known wicketkeeper, played as a given man for Addington & Bromley. The title of the fixture indicates the strength of the Addington and Bromley clubs at this time. The London Evening Post on Thurs 3 July announced: No person allowed to bring any liquour that don’t (sic) live in the parish. |
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| 14 July (M) | Addington & Bromley v Kent & Surrey | Artillery Ground | ASW | result unknown |
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This was a return fixture. Kipps of Eltham again played as a given man for Addington & Bromley. |
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| 30 July (W) | London v Edmonton | Artillery Ground | ASW | result unknown |
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No information is known. |
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| 2 August (S) | Kent v All-England | Bromley Common | WDC | result unknown |
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Originally scheduled for the previous day but postponed because it was impossible for the noblemen and gentlemen to be present on the Friday. |
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| 4 August (M) | All-England v Kent | Artillery Ground | WDC | All-England won |
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No details known beyond the result. |
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| 25 August (M) | London v Edmonton | Artillery Ground | WDC | result unknown |
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No information is known. The game was evidently a return to the one on 30 July. |
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| 1 Sept (M) | London & Chiselhurst v Addington | Artillery Ground | WDC | result unknown |
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Played for fifty pounds and started at one o'clock but no other information is known. |
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[edit] Other events
Mon 21 July. There was a four-a-side match at the Artillery Ground between Four Millers of Bray Mills in Berkshire and Four Best Players of Addington. It was played for fifty pounds but the result is unknown. Thomas Waymark was by this time employed at Bray Mills and so he was probably involved.
Wed 6 August. A three-a-side game in the Artillery Ground involving six players esteemed the best in England. The teams were Long Robin’s Side including Robert Colchin, John Bryant (both Bromley) and Joseph Harris (Addington) versus Stephen Dingate (Surrey), Val Romney (Sevenoaks) and Richard Newland (Slindon). Stephen Dingate’s side won the match (WDC). Hundreds of pounds were lost and won over the game (ASW).
| English cricket teams in the 18th century |
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Berkshire | Essex | Hampshire | Kent | Leicestershire | Middlesex | Mitcham | Nottingham | Sheffield | Surrey | Sussex |
| English cricket venues in the 18th century |
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Artillery Ground | Bishopsbourne Paddock | Broadhalfpenny Down | Bromley Common | Dartford Brent | Duppas Hill |
| English cricket seasons to 1815 |
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1300 - 1696 | 1697 - 1725 |
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to 1815 • 1816-1863 • 1864-1889 • 1890-1918 • 1919-1945 • 1946-1968 • 1969-2000 • from 2001 |
[edit] Main Sources
- Association of Cricket Statisticians and Historians - various publications
- At the Sign of the Wicket: Cricket 1742 - 1751 by F S Ashley-Cooper in Cricket Magazine (1900) (ASW)
- Cricket Scores 1730 - 1773 by H T Waghorn (WCS)
- Fresh Light on 18th Century Cricket by G B Buckley (FL18)
- Fresh Light on Pre-Victorian Cricket by G B Buckley (FLPV)
- Sussex Cricket in the Eighteenth Century by Timothy J McCann (TJM)
- The Dawn of Cricket by H T Waghorn (WDC)
[edit] Additional References
- A Social History of English Cricket by Derek Birley
- Cricket: History of its Growth and Development by Rowland Bowen
- Chertsey Cricket Club website
- Dartford Cricket Club website (DCC)
- From the Weald to the World by Peter Wynne-Thomas (PWT)
- Hambledon Cricket Chronicle by F S Ashley-Cooper (HCC)
- Hambledon: Men and Myths by John Goulstone (HMM)
- Kent Cricket Matches by F S Ashley-Cooper (KCM)
- Pre-Victorian Sussex Cricket by HF & AP Squire (PVSC)
- Scores & Biographies, Volume 1 by Arthur Haygarth (SBnnn)
- Start of Play by David Underdown
- The Cricketer magazine (Cktr)
- The Glory Days of Cricket by Ashley Mote
- John Nyren's The Cricketers of my Time by Ashley Mote
- Wisden Cricketers Almanack (annual): various issues
